Maelstrom is a full-tower case from In Win having an interesting looks, foam pads to absorb noise and several features and supporting nothing less than 10 fans! Let’s take a look on this new release.
On Figures 1 and 2 you can have an overall look from Maelstrom. The two green tubes present on the front of the case give it a somewhat aggressive looks. These tubes, however, cannot be used as handles...
The left panel has a huge mesh coming with a 220-mm fan installed (no word on speed, airflow and noise level). The blades from this fan measure 210 mm, so this fan is actually bigger than some 230-mm fans that use 190-mm blades. It glows blue when turned on, but there is a switch on the left panel for you to turn its LED’s off. This fan is connected to a standard peripheral power plug and has only two wires, so you can’t monitor its speed thru your motherboard.
By removing this big 220-mm fan you open space for installing up to six (yes, you read it right!) 120-mm fans on the side panel.
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Figure 1: In Win Maelstrom case.
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Figure 2: In Win Maelstrom case.
The front of the case can be seen on Figure 3. No door is present and the case has five external 5 ¼” bays. All bays use meshed covers featuring washable dust filters. On the lower part of the front panel there are three covers similar to the ones used on the 5 ¼” bays, i.e. meshed and with washable air filters. Maelstrom comes with a 120-mm fan behind these covers, this time using a small three-pin connector for you to connect it on your motherboard (and thus allowing speed monitoring). Once again, In Win does not say anything about airflow, noise level or rotational speed.
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Figure 3: Front panel.
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Figure 4: Front fan.
